Celebrate The Year Of The Dragon With A $47,000 Bracelet

Nobility. Wisdom. Creativity. These are the gifts conferred to you if you are born in the year of the dragon.

Or, you can wear this dragon bracelet by the iconic Spanish jewelry firm Carrera y Carrera.

I wore the bangle to polo last week in Bridgehampton. It’s part of a “Circle of Fire” collection made to honor ancient Chinese culture—rings and necklaces and bracelets made of onyx, blue topaz, ruby and orange sapphire. The one I wore is made of yellow gold with brown and white diamonds crusting the heads of two ferocious dragons.

Carrera y Carrera is known for combining matte-shine effects on its pieces, an effect that served to make my two monsters seem even more forbidding. Just how they should be.

In Chinese culture, see, dragons are associated with strength, harmony and good fortune; they’re said to guard doorways to hidden treasure. So the fact that the round form of the bracelet—a circle connotes balance, harmony and perfection—opens between the jaws of each dragon—dragons equal strength and good luck--fits such symbolism perfectly. I certainly felt strong while wearing it.

You can buy your own good fortune--the bracelet, that is--for $47,100 at East Coast Jewelers and Neiman Marcus.